Oi! I updated! Yay! (Oi is Japanese slang for "Hey!")
Reviewers: Yay!
WP: But I didn't get as many as last time . . . I got half the amount I usually get!
Eliwood: You usually get 10 to 12?
WP: Yep. Well, something around there.
Hector: Get on with the chapter!!
WP: Sheesh! Take a chill pill! It's summer break for me! Be happy!
Hector: (doesn't look too happy) Hey, I'm just trying to get you going ya know!
Eliwood: Riiiight. . . .
WP: For this chapter, I've decieded to shift the focus to Nino, and some other characters that I haven't really paid attention too. It's so hard when you want to get the story going when there are so many characters!
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Nino's Struggle and Chaos' Arrival
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Answers time!
Ed, the master tactician: Well, since you said please . . . (Hector: AHH!!! (runs away))
gentleness28: Eh, you try being the writer with (at this point) almost 100 reviews! I have to try to entertain the reviewers! It ain't easy! Rebecca thinks I'm doing fine on my own? Really . . .
Jeanie: That's what I was thinking. (And yeah, Legault is getting meaner!)
Lord Cynic: Well, I'm mostly going by age ya know. Since Pent looks so old (with his hair colour, anyway), that's why I gave him that job. Besides, since I've met him in the game, he DOES suit that job too!
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Another failed test. "Mother's gonna kill me now!" Nino whined to Priscilla and Florina as they walked out of science.
"Maybe you should study harder." Florina suggested.
"I did! I studied all week for it! And I still failed! I don't know what to do!" Nino sobbed, and continued to walk slouched.
Priscilla took Nino's test from her and looked it over. "I don't know how you could've gotten some of these questions wrong. Some of these answers could've passed you!" She sounded amazed when she looked over the test.
Florina also looked (she had gotten near perfect on her test, by the way. She was that good in science). "Yeah, Priscilla's right. I don't know how you could've failed!" She responded after looking it over a couple times.
Nino was still depressed. "When Mother sees that score, she's gonna ground me again."
The other two girls blinked. "Why would she do that?"
"She hates it whenever I don't get perfect. I just don't understand it! I'm doing the best I can, and I still see failure in her eyes when a bring a test that's almost perfect home!" Nino explained.
"Maybe we should talk to Mr. Jaffar about it!" Priscilla suddenly chirped.
"Yeah, that could work!!"
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Tap tap tap. Jaffar turned to look at his door, and saw Nino, Priscilla and Florina standing there. He raised his hand and motioned them into the room.
"What is it?"
Priscilla had volunteered to be the one to do the talking (since Florina was so shy, and Nino was sort of scared whenever she had to talk to a teacher). "We came to talk to you about Nino's test."
Jaffar just rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I'm busy marking all these assignments and projects so they're ready to hand back by next week. I don't have the time to talk about why she flunked her test with you now."
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"I think I saw your sister in that crowd. Man, she's a cutie!" Heath was walking with Raven and Karel home from school. The comment he had just said earned him a punch on the nose, courtesy of Raven. "Hey! What?! I was just saying she was cute!!!"
The red-haired teen growled at his friend. "SHUT UP!! Anyone who says that kind of stuff about my sister near me ALWAYS gets a punch in the face!! You're lucky I went easier on you!"
Heath looked surprised as he wiped some of that blood from his nose. Turning his attention to Karel, he noticed the sword fighter looked a little preoccupied. Then Heath just decided to shut up and continue walking. It would probably give him fewer injuries.
". . . . so, who was that girl you lifted into the air?" Heath couldn't keep shut, so he asked Karel that question.
The respondent looked at Heath out of the corner of his eye. "The sister of an old friend. Now I'm thinking of visiting him soon . . ."
Heath then looked a little nervous. Whenever Karel said that, it usually resulted in a sword fight.
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"Pent and I have some important news to tell you two." Louise had managed to get Erk and Ainda to sit down at the table with her and Pent, and was going to tell them about the new member of the family that was coming.
"Aw crap." Both said simultaneously. Pent just glared at the two, and let Louise continue.
"I'm pregnant."
". . . ." Erk's expression turned from bored to scared in a second, and Ainda's reaction was a little more attention grabbing.
"I KNEW it!!! You're going to REPLACE me like EVERYONE ELSE in my f'ing life!!" She screamed, and then stomped off. "It's either about Chaos, May or they want to replace me!! I HATE THIS PLACE!!" She further screamed in anger, and slammed her door shut.
"I didn't think she'd take it like that . . ." Pent admitted.
"This means I'm going to be changing diapers and chasing after a pooping crying machine, right?"
"Yes, Erk. You and Ainda will both help the babysitting."
"Quadruple crap." He got up and went to his room as well.
Louise and Pent both sighed. "Well, at least he didn't react like Ainda did." Louise mumbled.
Pent then went, "Ah!", and reached for something on the kitchen counter. "Ainda, there's letter here from Chaos."
The girl's head poked out of her door. "Really now?" She said sarcastically. Taking the letter from Pent when he handed it to her, she smiled a bit. "Is the guest room free this weekend?"
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"Really? Chaos? Karel's going to enjoy his visit then." Karla was talking on the phone with Ainda. They had been friends for as long as their brothers had been friends, and that was a while. "I don't know, Karel has a way of finding out things. It would be hard to hide him from my brother."
"I guess, but every time Chaos visits, they always fight! I'm sick and tired of them doing that!"
"Ainda, you have to realize that it's in Karel's nature to do that!" Then she grinned slyly. "Or is it 'cause you don't want Karel to get hurt?"
". . . what the hell?" Ainda sounded confused.
"I think you like hiiiiiimmmm . . ." Karla continued in a sing-song tune.
"SHUT UP!!! I like someone else!!!" Ainda immediately barked back. From her end of the line, you could tell that she was blushing.
"Aw, come on! You like him!! Wait 'til Karel hears this!!"
"NO YOU WON'T!!!"
"Yes I wiiiiiiilllll. . .!"
The other end hung up before Karla could continue to tease the girl.
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"YOU CALL THIS A TEST?!" Sonia was yelling at Nino. The girl continued to pull back into her proverbial corner.
"I-I-I studied!! I did my best!!!" Nino stuttered.
"I DON'T CARE!! NEXT TIME YOU'LL PASS, OR I'M SENDING YOU TO NERGAL'S!!! HE DOESN'T TAKE FAILURE AS EASILY AS I DO!!!!" The woman continued. She shredded the test, tossed it into the recycling, and walked off, leaving her daughter shivering out of fear.
Linus found Nino in her room a few minutes later. "What's wrong?" He asked her, being the caring older brother he was.
Nino was sniffing through her sobs. "M-M-Mother s-s-s-said that if I fail a- a-another t-t-test, she'll send m-m-me to Nergal!!!" She flung herself onto her brother and sobbed even louder.
Not knowing what to do, he looked lost. "How well did you study?"
"I studied all week!!!" She exclaimed.
"Did you freeze up? You know, where you just can't remember anything?" He continued to ask.
Nino continued to stutter. "Well, uh . . . at some . . . . points . . . yeah . . ."
"Then maybe we should get you some help with that problem of yours." Linus suggested.
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(The next day)
A man with messy black hair stepped off the plane. In the back, he had a part of his hair in a ponytail that reached his shoulders. His red eyes looked off of the plane, as if looking for someone. He was wearing a navy t- shirt with kanji in white that said, "dream" on it. The rest of his outfit consisted of white shorts, and black sandals. Carrying one of his bags off the plane, he continued his search. "Ah!" he thought to himself as he walked off.
"Chaos!" Ainda was there in her school uniform (it was just after school), as was Erk. She waved to her brother.
"Why don't you go up to him?"
"Last time I did that, my arm was almost chopped off by Karel. I learned never to do that again."
Pent looked confused. "Why would Karel be here?"
Ainda just glanced at Pent. "You'll see in a few seconds. One, two . . ."
Just as she counted three, Chaos lifted his bag. There was a loud clanging metal sound. When everyone opened their eyes, they saw Karel and Chaos fully armed with their swords, in a fighting stance.
"They allowed THAT on the plane?!" Erk exclaimed.
"Well, he did just get his sword license renewed ya know!" Ainda sounded a little bit like she didn't need to state the obvious (which she felt she did a lot).
"Karel! Good to see you!" He walked up to his friend and patted his back in a friendly way. Karel hated it whenever people patted him on the back, but he seemed to tolerate it when Chaos did that.
Louise blinked. "How did Karel get here?" Erk then ducked behind Louise upon seeing Karel's transportation. "Oh . . ." Louise finished after seeing Raven and Heath there.
"So, you're Chaos!" Pent got Chaos' attention.
"Yep. So, Ainda, how's May doing?" He then turned his attention to Ainda.
"Well, she's dating Uther."
"Oh, yeah. Him. We graduated together . . ." Chaos was looking a bit into the sky, as if he was reminiscing about something.
Pent and Louise blinked at him in confusion. "You're that old? You don't look a day over twenty!" Louise blurted.
Chaos grinned. "I'm probably older then you!"
While everyone looked confused, Ainda grabbed Chaos' bags. "Uh . . . So!! How's the trip?"
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WP: There. That's all I can handle for now (looks a bit exhausted).
Eliwood: She didn't get that many ideas from the reviewers either. That didn't help at all.
Lyn: I wonder what she's planning next. Apart from doing that animation project she's been slacking since winter break.
WP: --; I'm working on that AND a web comic! Give me a break already!
Hector: Maybe a bit on Florina and I. . . . (grins)
Florina: 0-0;
WP: Damn. He got it right . . .
Guy: Ah-HA!!! It's this guy here that has the messy hair in that kimono that has the funky things on it!!!
Everyone: Huh?
Guy: (rolls eyes, shows WP the picture)
WP: That's Tetsuo Kaga. He's from Hikaru no Go. And those "funky things" on his kimono are Shogi pieces!
Guy: (glares at her)
Eliwood: --;; Let's just get the next chapter started . . .
Reviewers: Yay!
WP: But I didn't get as many as last time . . . I got half the amount I usually get!
Eliwood: You usually get 10 to 12?
WP: Yep. Well, something around there.
Hector: Get on with the chapter!!
WP: Sheesh! Take a chill pill! It's summer break for me! Be happy!
Hector: (doesn't look too happy) Hey, I'm just trying to get you going ya know!
Eliwood: Riiiight. . . .
WP: For this chapter, I've decieded to shift the focus to Nino, and some other characters that I haven't really paid attention too. It's so hard when you want to get the story going when there are so many characters!
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Nino's Struggle and Chaos' Arrival
()
Answers time!
Ed, the master tactician: Well, since you said please . . . (Hector: AHH!!! (runs away))
gentleness28: Eh, you try being the writer with (at this point) almost 100 reviews! I have to try to entertain the reviewers! It ain't easy! Rebecca thinks I'm doing fine on my own? Really . . .
Jeanie: That's what I was thinking. (And yeah, Legault is getting meaner!)
Lord Cynic: Well, I'm mostly going by age ya know. Since Pent looks so old (with his hair colour, anyway), that's why I gave him that job. Besides, since I've met him in the game, he DOES suit that job too!
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Another failed test. "Mother's gonna kill me now!" Nino whined to Priscilla and Florina as they walked out of science.
"Maybe you should study harder." Florina suggested.
"I did! I studied all week for it! And I still failed! I don't know what to do!" Nino sobbed, and continued to walk slouched.
Priscilla took Nino's test from her and looked it over. "I don't know how you could've gotten some of these questions wrong. Some of these answers could've passed you!" She sounded amazed when she looked over the test.
Florina also looked (she had gotten near perfect on her test, by the way. She was that good in science). "Yeah, Priscilla's right. I don't know how you could've failed!" She responded after looking it over a couple times.
Nino was still depressed. "When Mother sees that score, she's gonna ground me again."
The other two girls blinked. "Why would she do that?"
"She hates it whenever I don't get perfect. I just don't understand it! I'm doing the best I can, and I still see failure in her eyes when a bring a test that's almost perfect home!" Nino explained.
"Maybe we should talk to Mr. Jaffar about it!" Priscilla suddenly chirped.
"Yeah, that could work!!"
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Tap tap tap. Jaffar turned to look at his door, and saw Nino, Priscilla and Florina standing there. He raised his hand and motioned them into the room.
"What is it?"
Priscilla had volunteered to be the one to do the talking (since Florina was so shy, and Nino was sort of scared whenever she had to talk to a teacher). "We came to talk to you about Nino's test."
Jaffar just rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I'm busy marking all these assignments and projects so they're ready to hand back by next week. I don't have the time to talk about why she flunked her test with you now."
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"I think I saw your sister in that crowd. Man, she's a cutie!" Heath was walking with Raven and Karel home from school. The comment he had just said earned him a punch on the nose, courtesy of Raven. "Hey! What?! I was just saying she was cute!!!"
The red-haired teen growled at his friend. "SHUT UP!! Anyone who says that kind of stuff about my sister near me ALWAYS gets a punch in the face!! You're lucky I went easier on you!"
Heath looked surprised as he wiped some of that blood from his nose. Turning his attention to Karel, he noticed the sword fighter looked a little preoccupied. Then Heath just decided to shut up and continue walking. It would probably give him fewer injuries.
". . . . so, who was that girl you lifted into the air?" Heath couldn't keep shut, so he asked Karel that question.
The respondent looked at Heath out of the corner of his eye. "The sister of an old friend. Now I'm thinking of visiting him soon . . ."
Heath then looked a little nervous. Whenever Karel said that, it usually resulted in a sword fight.
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"Pent and I have some important news to tell you two." Louise had managed to get Erk and Ainda to sit down at the table with her and Pent, and was going to tell them about the new member of the family that was coming.
"Aw crap." Both said simultaneously. Pent just glared at the two, and let Louise continue.
"I'm pregnant."
". . . ." Erk's expression turned from bored to scared in a second, and Ainda's reaction was a little more attention grabbing.
"I KNEW it!!! You're going to REPLACE me like EVERYONE ELSE in my f'ing life!!" She screamed, and then stomped off. "It's either about Chaos, May or they want to replace me!! I HATE THIS PLACE!!" She further screamed in anger, and slammed her door shut.
"I didn't think she'd take it like that . . ." Pent admitted.
"This means I'm going to be changing diapers and chasing after a pooping crying machine, right?"
"Yes, Erk. You and Ainda will both help the babysitting."
"Quadruple crap." He got up and went to his room as well.
Louise and Pent both sighed. "Well, at least he didn't react like Ainda did." Louise mumbled.
Pent then went, "Ah!", and reached for something on the kitchen counter. "Ainda, there's letter here from Chaos."
The girl's head poked out of her door. "Really now?" She said sarcastically. Taking the letter from Pent when he handed it to her, she smiled a bit. "Is the guest room free this weekend?"
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"Really? Chaos? Karel's going to enjoy his visit then." Karla was talking on the phone with Ainda. They had been friends for as long as their brothers had been friends, and that was a while. "I don't know, Karel has a way of finding out things. It would be hard to hide him from my brother."
"I guess, but every time Chaos visits, they always fight! I'm sick and tired of them doing that!"
"Ainda, you have to realize that it's in Karel's nature to do that!" Then she grinned slyly. "Or is it 'cause you don't want Karel to get hurt?"
". . . what the hell?" Ainda sounded confused.
"I think you like hiiiiiimmmm . . ." Karla continued in a sing-song tune.
"SHUT UP!!! I like someone else!!!" Ainda immediately barked back. From her end of the line, you could tell that she was blushing.
"Aw, come on! You like him!! Wait 'til Karel hears this!!"
"NO YOU WON'T!!!"
"Yes I wiiiiiiilllll. . .!"
The other end hung up before Karla could continue to tease the girl.
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"YOU CALL THIS A TEST?!" Sonia was yelling at Nino. The girl continued to pull back into her proverbial corner.
"I-I-I studied!! I did my best!!!" Nino stuttered.
"I DON'T CARE!! NEXT TIME YOU'LL PASS, OR I'M SENDING YOU TO NERGAL'S!!! HE DOESN'T TAKE FAILURE AS EASILY AS I DO!!!!" The woman continued. She shredded the test, tossed it into the recycling, and walked off, leaving her daughter shivering out of fear.
Linus found Nino in her room a few minutes later. "What's wrong?" He asked her, being the caring older brother he was.
Nino was sniffing through her sobs. "M-M-Mother s-s-s-said that if I fail a- a-another t-t-test, she'll send m-m-me to Nergal!!!" She flung herself onto her brother and sobbed even louder.
Not knowing what to do, he looked lost. "How well did you study?"
"I studied all week!!!" She exclaimed.
"Did you freeze up? You know, where you just can't remember anything?" He continued to ask.
Nino continued to stutter. "Well, uh . . . at some . . . . points . . . yeah . . ."
"Then maybe we should get you some help with that problem of yours." Linus suggested.
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(The next day)
A man with messy black hair stepped off the plane. In the back, he had a part of his hair in a ponytail that reached his shoulders. His red eyes looked off of the plane, as if looking for someone. He was wearing a navy t- shirt with kanji in white that said, "dream" on it. The rest of his outfit consisted of white shorts, and black sandals. Carrying one of his bags off the plane, he continued his search. "Ah!" he thought to himself as he walked off.
"Chaos!" Ainda was there in her school uniform (it was just after school), as was Erk. She waved to her brother.
"Why don't you go up to him?"
"Last time I did that, my arm was almost chopped off by Karel. I learned never to do that again."
Pent looked confused. "Why would Karel be here?"
Ainda just glanced at Pent. "You'll see in a few seconds. One, two . . ."
Just as she counted three, Chaos lifted his bag. There was a loud clanging metal sound. When everyone opened their eyes, they saw Karel and Chaos fully armed with their swords, in a fighting stance.
"They allowed THAT on the plane?!" Erk exclaimed.
"Well, he did just get his sword license renewed ya know!" Ainda sounded a little bit like she didn't need to state the obvious (which she felt she did a lot).
"Karel! Good to see you!" He walked up to his friend and patted his back in a friendly way. Karel hated it whenever people patted him on the back, but he seemed to tolerate it when Chaos did that.
Louise blinked. "How did Karel get here?" Erk then ducked behind Louise upon seeing Karel's transportation. "Oh . . ." Louise finished after seeing Raven and Heath there.
"So, you're Chaos!" Pent got Chaos' attention.
"Yep. So, Ainda, how's May doing?" He then turned his attention to Ainda.
"Well, she's dating Uther."
"Oh, yeah. Him. We graduated together . . ." Chaos was looking a bit into the sky, as if he was reminiscing about something.
Pent and Louise blinked at him in confusion. "You're that old? You don't look a day over twenty!" Louise blurted.
Chaos grinned. "I'm probably older then you!"
While everyone looked confused, Ainda grabbed Chaos' bags. "Uh . . . So!! How's the trip?"
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WP: There. That's all I can handle for now (looks a bit exhausted).
Eliwood: She didn't get that many ideas from the reviewers either. That didn't help at all.
Lyn: I wonder what she's planning next. Apart from doing that animation project she's been slacking since winter break.
WP: --; I'm working on that AND a web comic! Give me a break already!
Hector: Maybe a bit on Florina and I. . . . (grins)
Florina: 0-0;
WP: Damn. He got it right . . .
Guy: Ah-HA!!! It's this guy here that has the messy hair in that kimono that has the funky things on it!!!
Everyone: Huh?
Guy: (rolls eyes, shows WP the picture)
WP: That's Tetsuo Kaga. He's from Hikaru no Go. And those "funky things" on his kimono are Shogi pieces!
Guy: (glares at her)
Eliwood: --;; Let's just get the next chapter started . . .